Electronic Payment and Challenges !

Recently I did a case study on "E-payment Systems and It's Challenges". For those of you wanting to know about E-payment you can take a look at my report and feel free to redistribute it. Only a brief compilation of the system and challenges that needs to be faced. 

Download this pdf.

Cheers !!! 

Delete Your Skype Username From Skype Login

If you use Skype with different accounts then you must have noticed that Skype remembers all the usernames that you have logged in. The login screen has all the list of usernames. So, if you want to stop the names showing up in the login screen for some reason then follow these steps:

For Windows Users:

• Quit Skype if running, open Run.
• Type in %AppData%/Skype, hit Enter.
• Then, delete the folder with your Skype username.

For Linux Users:

• Quit Skype if running.
• Go to the folder: /home/YOURLINUXUSERNAME/.Skype
• Then, delete the folder with your Skype username.

Done !

Delete System Folder Trace Left in My Computer by Nokia PC Suite or Sony Ericsson PC Suite

If you are getting a strange system folder in the others category of My Computer. This is due to any 3rd Party Applications like Sony Ericsson PC Suite or Nokia PC Suite. This normally happens after you uninstall the product. Thus, to  remove this system folder you need to do a registry edit.

Goto the following path in regedit and delete the unwanted folder with a random name:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace

If this doesn't solve your problem then re-install the PC Suite and then remove it by using Revo Unistaller Pro.

Cheers !!!

iPhone/iPod White Apps FieldTest, iOS Diagnostics, AdSheet on Jailbroken Device : Remove Solution

White Apps Problem

I got this strange problem on my jailbroken iPhone 3G (iOS 4.2.1) after updating my apps from the app store. Some white apps/icons appeared automatically. The apps were FieldTest, iOS Diagnostics and AdSheet. You cannot delete these apps by the default method. The problem is due to libhide a thing that lets you hide icons.

There are two ways to solve this problem:

1. By doing a Hard Reset. To do a hard reset press the Sleep/Wake and Home button for sometime until the Apple logo appears on the screen.
   (Note: This method solves 80% of the iPhone Problems!)
   
   
2. Update libhide via. Cydia and then open SBSettings and click "More", "Mobile Substrate Addons" make sure libhide is toggled on. After this hard reset your iPhone for the changes to take place.

This will help you to get rid of those unknown white apps from your device. Enjoy!

iPhone/iPod Home Button Not Working : Software Solution

My iPhone 3G is giving me some trouble lately. The home button is not working due to some reasons, it only works when pressed hard. Thus, to solve this problem without trying to repair the home button you need to download Activator from your jailbroken device through Cydia. It is available for free download via Big Boss Repository. 

After you've installed Activator you can apply certain gestures, motions to specify your required command. For Example: I am using Double-Tap on Status Bar for Switching Between Apps.

Here's the example, to Activate Switcher when you double tap on  the status bar.

Peace !

Deauthorize All Computers Associated With Your Apple ID

If you are trying to authorize a new computer for your Apple ID (iTunes) and having trouble due to 5 authorized computers then you can follow these steps to deauthorize all those computers. This may be not new to you but I didn't know about this.

1. Open iTunes, sign in to the iTunes store.
2. After signing in, view your account through -> Store -> View My Account. ( You may need to enter your password again. )
3. In the Account Information window, click Deauthorize All.
4. Done!

Now, you're ready to authorize your new computer.
For more information: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420

Setup Google Analytics in Dynamic Views Provided By Blogger

If you have changed your blogger from the simple view to dynamic view or have just setup a new dynamic view page and you are unaware of how to setup Google Analytics for it, then follow the following easy steps:

1.  Log in to your Blogger account.
2. Go to Settings, and then Other.
3. At the end of that page you'll find Analytics Web Property ID.
4. Fill in the box with your Tracking ID (provided by Google Anlaytics) after you've setup your blog on Google Analytics.
5. Save settings.

You've just setup Google Analytics for your blog.

Blue Screen : Dell XPS L502X Solution

Blue Screen of Death

My laptop is Dell XPS L502x and I was having this Blue Screen (BSOD) problem some days back showing some MEMORY_MANAGEMENT problem. I did a memory check with Windows 7 but it showed everything was fine. Thus, after some research I found that the problem would occur if any of the Hardware or Software(Drivers or Anti-Virus or Bios) was not working properly. Thus, after knowing this I did a hardware check with Dell Support Center but it too didn't show any problem with the hardware.

Then through the Dell Drivers website I downloaded the latest update to the BIOS (i.e. L502XA10) and to my surprise I haven't seen the blue screen for quite a while.

The problem is also sometimes due to Intel Wireless Driver. So, please update your wireless driver from http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect.

After the blue screen crash windows makes a copy of the dump file in C:\Windows\Minidump. So, in order to read such dump files to extract information from it you need to download the Windows Debugger tool from:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463009.aspx

This tool helps to know your problem and solve your problem.
Hope this helps.

SpringBoard Crash Fix While Multitasking iOS 4.2.1

If you have jailbroken your iPhone 3G or iPod 2G device to iOS 4.2.1 and experiencing SpringBoard restart while switching between applications (multitasking) ?

In order to stop your SpringBoard from restarting you need to follow some simple steps. There are lots of ways to do this but this one is definitely the easy one that I've found till now.

• Download iFile from Cydia.
• Goto: System/Library/Coreservices/Springboard.app then edit N82AP.plist for iPhone 3G and N72AP.plist for iPod 2G.
• Change the line < key > opengles-1 < / key > to: < key > opengles-2 < / key >. (i.e. only change the integer : 1 to 2)
• Restart your device.

The problem should be gone now. Enjoy!

Run Any Game In Windowed Mode Using DXWND

Well, if you are trying to run any games like FIFA12 in windowed mode and have been trying to edit the .ini files and make it work with no success. Then, here is a method to do so. This method works for most games that I've tried so far. Results will vary depending on how your DirectX application was written.

The task is pretty simple. Just download DXWND - MS tool from here. Found this tool on the web, pretty useful.

Now to go ahead with the process:
1. Extract the zip and open dxwnd.exe (Some anti-virus software may take this as a threat so make a exception of the extracted folder.)
2. Select Add in the Edit tab.
3. Now, add the path of the executable file.
4. Then select the path of the required game that you've added and Execute it from the Edit Tab.

This should do the job. Enjoy, for more information you can go through the readme. Enjoy!

Remove Grub As Your Boot Loader (Switch To Windows Boot Loader)

Have you ever installed Linux operating systems such as Ubuntu alongside Windows (Not Inside Windows) then you may have found that the boot is different than the normal Windows boot after you have installed the Linux. This is because your main boot loader is set to GRUB instead of the Windows Boot Loader.


Now, if you want to get rid of Ubuntu for instance, then you need to remove the GRUB first. Thus, to remove the GRUB I have found a lot of solutions on the web and tried many of them but the most simple and less time consuming is the with an executable file called mbrfix.exe for Windows.


Here are the steps:

1. Download the mbrfix from here. (Zip file with instructions)
2. Extract all the mbrfix.zip to C:\.
3. Open the command prompt. (Run as administrator)
4. Type cd \ to goto the root directory.
5. Then type mbrfix /drive 0 fixmbr /yes and press Enter.
6. Now you can delete the Ubuntu partitions using any partition editors.
7. Restart your PC.

You're done. This process will overwrite the GRUB with Windows Boot Loader. When you reboot the PC you'll see Windows Boot Loader instead of GRUB Loader.

Enjoy!!!

Windows 7 - PC Resumes Automatically When Hibernated (Solution)

I use my PC many times a day. So, I usually hibernate it when there is no work to be done. Yesterday, I came across this strange problem. My PC got automatically resumed after I hibernated it. I tried to hibernate it again but once again the same thing happened. This left me stranded so I had to shutdown my computer.